I love a challenge! I have a co-worker who purchased and older camping trailer. She and her husband decided that it was a little out dated for their tastes so they decided to redecorate. They had a quote to recover the cushions and choked at the price. I choked at the price. She knows that I sew, so a couple of days later she asked me if I could do it and how much I would charge. I told her I could do it and gave her the price which was considerably less. I was on the job.

As much as I love my Double Wedding Ring quilt my grandma quilted for my wedding, I was ready for a change. Aren’t my curtains terrible. I never got around to making new ones when we moved in 4 years ago. I made these for our first apartment.

They have served there purpose now they need a good burial. I can’t wait to retire them. Just after my third baby was born we touched up all the paint in my bedroom and hallway. I thought that would be enough to get me happy with my room,

but the decorating bug hit and inspiration struck.

I was tired on my room being the storage room.

So, while my husband was out of town mom and I painted. He did know I was going to paint, no going behind his back – this time.
He even helped me pick the color. I think he was really afraid I was going to pick pink when I told him I wanted to paint. Did he really think I would do that to him?

I decided to go shabby chic. I’m trying to use things I already have and add a few new things as I find them. Then of course I need to stick to the budget! I haven’t really set one but I

promised my husband I wouldn’t go too crazy.

I love how it turned out! New bedding makes a big difference too.

Such a difference!
Not the greatest picture, but wait till you see what I did next.

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What do you do when your cat gets sickall over your light colored carpet whileyou’re on vacation and stains it?
Well this happened to us. We didn’t want to re-carpet and couldn’t really afford the wood floor, that will eventually come, so we ripped out the carpet and painted the floor. Now this was not a new concept in our family we did it once before in another house.

In the last house it was a cement floor, this time it was just the plywood floor that seems to be under every carpet. In the planning of this project I looked and looked for some help and didn’t find much all in one place, thus this tutorial to maybe help others.

We enjoy our floor and hope this will help you.

Mary Ellen

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